Richard Prince Loses Fair Use Argument

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Richard Prince Loses Fair Use Argument – A Photo Editor

In December of 2008 photographer Patrick Cariou filed suit against Ricard Prince, Gagosian Gallery, Lawrence Gagosian and Rizzoli International Publications in federal district court (here). The suit came about after Prince appropriated 28 images from Pat

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/03/19/richard-prince-loses-fair-use-argument/

this is quite a victory for photographers and the judgment is fascinating reading for fair use buffs (download it here), What I really found interesting is how badly most people (myself included) interpret the transformation part of appropriating works.